2017 round-up: Looking back at the headlines

JanuaryIn a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court of India held that an appeal for votes during elections on the basis of religion, caste, race, community or language, even that of the electorate, will amount to ‘corrupt practice’ and will call for a candidate's disqualification in any poll.

Members of Shree Rajput Karni Sena misbehaved with Padmavati's crew during a shoot in Jaigarh Fort. Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali was assualted. Bollywood celebrities expressed shock. Thus began a furore over the film.

ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) launched PSLV-C37 rocket which put into orbit a record 104 satellites from seven countries.

Vinod Khanna

MarchYogi Adityanath became the new chief minister of Uttar Pradesh while Biren Singh took oath as the new Manipur CM, Amarinder Singh as the new Punjab CM and Manohar Parrikar took over as the Goa CM.

Indrani Das, an Indian-American teen, bagged the top prize (worth $2,50,000) in the Regeneration Science Talent Search competition, also known as the 'Junior Nobel'. She won the award for her research on treating brain injury and disease.

PV Sindhu

AprilVeteran actor and politician Vinod Khanna passed away at the age of 70.

P V Sindhu won the India Open Super Series title in women’s single category.

Jhulan Goswami

MayRed beacons got banned with effect from May 1, thus ending a "lal batti' culture. Following the ruling, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted, "Every Indian is special. Every Indian is a VIP. "

A global cyberattack crippled about hundred countries, including India. It was a cyberattack by the WannaCry ransomware cryptoworm, which targeted computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system and demanded ransom payments in bitcoins.

Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat and Divya Kakran bagged silver medals at the Asian Wrestling Championship held in New Delhi.

A five-judge bench began hearing petitions challenging the practice of triple talaq.

The International Court of Justice stayed the hanging of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on spying charges.

Cricketer Jhulan Goswami became the highest wicket-taker in one-day internationals. She has so far taken 181 wickets in 153 matches.

Justice Leila Seth, first woman Chief Justice of a state High Court, passed away at the age of 86.

Virat Kohli

JuneThe Centre notified the roll-out of Goods and Services Tax (GST) from July 1.

Shuttler Kidambi Srikanth became the first Indian to win the Indonesia Super Series in the men's singles category. He also won the Australian Open

Virat Kohli became the quickest batsman to score 8000 runs in ODIs.

International law expert Neeru Chadha elected to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Seas, dealing with disputes related to the law of the sea. She became the first Indian woman to be appointed as a judge at the tribunal.

Mithali Raj

JulyRam Nath Kovind sworn in as the 14th President of India.

India beat Australia by 36 runs to win Women's World Cup semi-final. England’s women’s cricket team won 2017 ICC World Cup title by defeating India by 9 runs at Lord’s.

India’s Karamjyoti Dalal won a bronze medal at the World Para Athletics Championships 2017 in the discus-throw event.

Indian captain Mithali Raj became the first player in the history of women’s ODI cricket to score more than 6000 runs.

Prasoon Joshi

AugustPV Sindhu won the silver medal in 2017 World Badminton Championship held in Glasgow.

The Supreme Court ruled that privacy is a fundamental right because it is intrinsic to the right to life.

The Supreme Court termed triple talaq unconstitutional, illegal.

The Information and Broadcasting Ministry appointed Prasoon Joshi as the new CBFC chief.